Basics of Church Leadership Management Part 2

BASICS OF CHURCH LEADERSHIP
MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT

PART 2
BASICS OF CHURCH LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT PART 2
DEVELOPING THE CHURCH FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION.......................... 6

1)
2)
3)
THE CHURCH............................................................................................................................................................ 6
THE CHURCH VISIBLE .................................................................................................................................................. 7
THE CHURCH INVISIBLE ............................................................................................................................................... 8
a)
Its unity ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
b)
Its universality ................................................................................................................................................. 8
c)
Its perpetuity ................................................................................................................................................... 8
4)
WHAT IS THE CHURCH?.............................................................................................................................................. 9
5)
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH?....................................................................................................................... 9
6)
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH? .......................................................................................................................... 10
a)
Enjoy Gods Presence (Worship) .................................................................................................................... 10
b)
Proclaim the Gospel ...................................................................................................................................... 10
c)
Provide a structure & avenue for family gathering (Fellowship) ................................................................... 11
d)
Provide a structure for church education (Discipleship). ............................................................................... 11
e)
Provide a structure for Social Development through Love ............................................................................ 11
7)
WHAT MAKES A LOCAL CHURCH GROW? ...................................................................................................................... 11
a)
An atmosphere of Worship, Praise, Prayer, and Fellowship.......................................................................... 12
b)
Apostolic Leadership ..................................................................................................................................... 12
c)
Biblical Theology, Teaching, Studying, and Preaching .................................................................................. 13
d)
A total reliance on the Power, Protection, and Provisions of the Lord .......................................................... 13
e)
Discerning and Using Spiritual Gifts of the Holy Spirit .................................................................................. 14
f) Using and Developing the Spiritual Gifts of her members ................................................................................. 15
g)
Improved facilities ......................................................................................................................................... 15
h)
Adequate financial resources ........................................................................................................................ 15
i) Having an effective ministry plan....................................................................................................................... 16
j) Godly Leadership ................................................................................................................................................ 17
8)
BIBLICAL MODEL OF LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH .......................................................................................................... 17
a)
Leaders are Apostles of God .......................................................................................................................... 17
b)
Leaders are servants FOR the people ............................................................................................................ 17
c)
Leaders are stewards of Christs resources ................................................................................................... 18
d)
Leaders need to be both spiritual and professional ...................................................................................... 18
e)
Leadership in the church is a calling .............................................................................................................. 19
f) Leadership in the church is both a calling and an appointment ........................................................................ 19
g)
Leadership in the church is a ministry ........................................................................................................... 20
h)
Leadership in the church is a profession ........................................................................................................ 20
I)
GROUP EXERCISE ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
9)
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & TRANSFORMATION ....................................................................................................... 21
a)
What is development?................................................................................................................................... 21
b)
Transformation ............................................................................................................................................. 22
10)
PLANNING IN GENERAL ............................................................................................................................................ 24
a)
Why Should We Plan ..................................................................................................................................... 24
b)
Why do we need objectives? ......................................................................................................................... 25
c)
Group Exercise ............................................................................................................................................... 27
12)
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING ................................................................................................................................ 27
13)
WHAT SUCCESSFUL PLANNING INVOLVES ..................................................................................................................... 28
12)
PLANNING REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................................................................... 29
d)
Asking the Basic questions that help Planning of Objectives ........................................................................ 30
e)
Hindrances to Planning of Objectives ............................................................................................................ 31
F) GROUP EXERCISE .................................................................................................................................................... 35
THE PLANNING STAGE............................................................................................36

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VISIONARY PLANNING .......................................................................................................................................................... 36

STRATEGIC PLANNING .......................................................................................................................................................... 37
TACTICAL PLANNING............................................................................................................................................................ 38
BRAIN STORMING ............................................................................................................................................................... 40
Dos and Donts of BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS ........................................................................................................ 40
GROUP EXERCISE ................................................................................................................................................................ 41
VISIONARY PLANNING WORKSHEET ........................................................................................................................................ 42
STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHEET ........................................................................................................................................ 43
TACTICAL PLANNING WORKSHEET 01 ..................................................................................................................................... 44
TACTICAL PLANNING WORKSHEET 02 ..................................................................................................................................... 45
ACTION PLAN WORKSHEET ............................................................................................................................................ 46
OPERATION EVALUATION WORKSHEET ......................................................................................................................... 47
MINISTRY SET-UP PLANNING PROCESS ..................................................................48

1)
2)
3)
A PURPOSE THAT GLORIFIES GOD ............................................................................................................................... 48

MOUNTAIN MOVING FAITH ...................................................................................................................................... 49
A GODLY VISION ..................................................................................................................................................... 50
a)
Analyse your Ministrys Vision ....................................................................................................................... 50
b)
How does a VISION come? ............................................................................................................................ 50
C)
GROUP DISCUSSION ................................................................................................................................................ 52
4)
SETTING VALUES IN ORDER OF PRIORITY...................................................................................................................... 52
a)
How to determine values .............................................................................................................................. 52
5)
A CLEAR MISSION FOR THE MINISTRY .......................................................................................................................... 53
a)
How to define a Mission Statement .............................................................................................................. 53
b)
The importance of making mature and equipped followers in the church ................................................... 54
C)
GROUP EXERCISE ................................................................................................................................................ 55
6)
HAVING A JOB DESCRIPTION THAT IS IN LINE WITH SCRIPTURE .......................................................................................... 55
b)
A good Job description should include the following; ................................................................................... 55
c)
The Five Offices of the Church ....................................................................................................................... 56
(8)
To be effective even in Failure ....................................................................................................................... 61
(9)
Who is a Lay Person?..................................................................................................................................... 61
(10) Watch out for the following .......................................................................................................................... 62
B)
GROUP EXERCISE ................................................................................................................................................ 62
7)
STRATEGICALLY DESIGNED INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................................... 63
a)
Factor influencing Ministry Success............................................................................................................... 63
b)
Other questions to answer in examining existing structure & proposed change .......................................... 63
8)
CULTURALLY RELEVANT STRATEGY .................................................................................................................... 64
a)
The Evolution of Culture ................................................................................................................................ 64
b)
Understanding your community and culture ................................................................................................ 64
C)
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER WHEN LOOKING FOR CULTURALLY RELEVANT STRATEGY................................................................. 65
9)
WELL-DEVELOPED GOALS AND PLANS ............................................................................................................... 66
10)
DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE MINISTRY PLAN ..................................................................................................... 67
a)
Functions that cause transformation in the lives of people .......................................................................... 67
b)
Functions that cause transformation in the community through the lives of church members ................... 67
c)
Be reminded again Know your target......................................................................................................... 67
d)
Plan your ministry according to your finding ................................................................................................ 67
11)
EVALUATE CONSTANTLY .................................................................................................................................... 68
a)
03 key questions that need to be asked when developing a measurement and reporting system: .............. 68
b)
Praying for Change ........................................................................................................................................ 68
c)
Count the cost in any proposed change; ....................................................................................................... 69
d)
MANAGING YOUR PEOPLE How do you manage your people?.................................................................. 69
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e)
Understanding Peoples behaviour ............................................................................................................... 70
f) Understanding their needs ................................................................................................................................. 70
g)
Learning the basics of developing peoples skills .......................................................................................... 71
h)
Building up he confidence your peoples confidence ..................................................................................... 71
i) Clear Communication ......................................................................................................................................... 71
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL DYNAMICS ..................................................................73

1)
THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATION .................................................................................................................................. 73

Examining Progress ....................................................................................................................................... 74
Improving your Teams Performance ............................................................................................................ 74
Identify Potentials and Problems .................................................................................................................. 75
The Job Description ....................................................................................................................................... 76
2)
SUMMARY TO PREPARING AND CONDUCTING AN EVALUATION DISCUSSION........................................................................ 77
b)
Conducting Evaluation .................................................................................................................................. 77
c)
Group Exercise ............................................................................................................................................... 79
3)
FOLLOWING UP ON PERFORMANCE EVALUATION .......................................................................................................... 79
4)
MEASURING SUCCESS ........................................................................................................................................ 81
CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................................................... 82
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b)
c)
d)
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FOREWORD
This material has been put together to help Kingdom Workers in our local churches
who did not have the privilege to attend a Bible College. We have sincerely tried to
simplify many of the topics by summarizing their content in points form. We hope that
they will do some good in your local church leadership and ministry.
To all those who have supported us along the way by prayers and finance,we are
greatly indebted to you. It is our prayer that you will gain much Kingdom Returns
through these materials. May the Good Lord blessyou all.
.
Team Leader
ACTS Ministry Fiji
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1.
Basics of Church Development &

Planning
Developing the Church for Community Transformation
1) The Church
a) The word Church was probably derived from the Greek word kuriakon (i.e.,
"the Lord's house"), which was used by ancient authors for the place of worship. In
the New Testament it is the translation of the Greek word ecclesia, which is
synonymous with the Hebrew _kahal_ of the Old Testament, both words meaning
simply an assembly, the character of which can only be known from the
connection in which the word is found.
b) There is no clear instance of its being used for a place of meeting or of worship;
although in post-apostolic times it early received this meaning. Nor is this word
ever used to denote the inhabitants of a country united in the same profession, as
when we say the "Church of England," the "Church of Scotland," etc.We find the
word ecclesia used in the following senses in the New Testament:
c) It is translated "assembly" in the ordinary classical sense (Acts 19:32, 39, 41).It
means the whole body of the redeemed, all those whom the Father has given to
Christ, the invisible Catholic Church (Eph. 5:23, 25, 27, 29; Heb. 12:23).
d) A few Christians associated together in observing the ordinances of the gospel are
an ecclesia (Rom. 16:5; Col. 4:15).All the Christians in a particular city, whether
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they assembled together in one place or in several places for religious worship,
were an ecclesia. Thus all the disciples in Antioch, forming several congregations,
were one church (Acts 13:1); so also we read of the "church of God at Corinth" (1
Cor. 1:2), "the church at Jerusalem" (Acts 8:1), "the church of Ephesus" (Rev. 2:1),
etc.The whole body of professing Christians throughout the world (1 Cor. 15:9;
Gal. 1:13; Matt. 16:18) are the church of Christ.
2) The church visible

a) The church visible consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true
religion, together with their children." It is called "visible" because its members are
known and its assemblies are public. Here there is a mixture of "wheat and chaff,"
of saints and sinners.
b) God has commanded his people to organize themselves into distinct visible
ecclesiastical communities, with constitutions, laws, and officers, badges,
ordinances, and discipline, for the great purpose of giving visibility to his kingdom,
of making known the gospel of that kingdom, and of gathering in all its elect
subjects.
c) Each one of these distinct organized communities which is faithful to the great
King is an integral part of the visible church, and all together constitutes the
catholic or universal visible church." A credible profession of the true religion
constitutes a person a member of this church. This is "the kingdom of heaven,"
whose character and progress are set forth in the parables recorded in Matt. 13.
d) The children of all who thus profess the true religion are members of the visible
church along with their parents. Children are included in every covenant God ever
made with man. They go along with their parents (Gen. 9:9-17; 12:1-3; 17:7; Ex. 20:5;
Deut. 29:10-13). Peter, on the day of Pentecost, at the beginning of the New
Testament dispensation, announces the same great principle. "The promise [just as
to Abraham and his seed the promises were made] is unto you, and to your
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children" (Acts 2:38, 39). The children of believing parents are "holy", i.e., are
"saints", a title that designates the members of the Christian church (1 Cor. 7:14).
3) The church invisible

The Church Invisible consists of the whole number of the elect that have been, are,
or shall be gathered into one under Christ, the head thereof." This is a pure society,
the church in which Christ dwells. It is the body of Christ. It is called "invisible"
because the greater part of those who constitute it are already in heaven or are yet
unborn, and also because its members still on earth cannot certainly be
distinguished. The qualifications of membership in it are internal and are hidden.
It is unseen except by Him who "searches the heart." "The Lord knoweth them that are
his" (2 Tim. 2:19). The Church, to which the attributes, prerogatives, and promises
appertaining to Christ's kingdom belong, is a spiritual body consisting of all true
believers, i.e., the church invisible.
a) Its unity
God has ever had only one church on earth. We sometimes speak of the Old
Testament Church and of the New Testament church, but they are one and the
same. The Old Testament church was not to be changed but enlarged (Isa. 49:1323; 60:1-14). When the Jews are at length restored, they will not enter a new
church, but will be grafted again into "their own olive tree" (Rom. 11:18-24; comp.
Eph. 2:11-22). The apostles did not set up a new organization. Under their ministry
disciples were "added" to the "church" already existing (Acts 2:47).
b) Its universality
It is the "catholic" church; not confined to any particular country or outward
organization, but comprehending all believers throughout the whole world.
c) Its perpetuity
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(1) It will continue through all ages to the end of the world. It can never be
destroyed. It is an "everlasting kingdom."1
(2)I would like to start this section by
explaining what the Church is to give us a
better foundation as we look at her ministry
development and community influence.
The Church [both local and
universal] has one purpose only

and that is to make Christ
known to the world.
4) What is the Church?

There can be a couple of answers to this question. People will answer this question
depending on the depth of their knowledge and of their Life in Christ. The word
church can be defined as:a) A Building for corporate worship, prayer and other
functions;
b) A Denomination a group of believers who form themselves
into a kind of organization [Methodist, AOG, Baptist,
Catholic]
c) The Universal Church members of the Body of Christ [Born
Again Believers] in all places and all ages;
d) A Local Church a geographical representation of the
universal church in a locality on earth.
5) What is the purpose of the Church?

The purpose of the Church is to show forth Gods Wisdom applied; Gods Love
Personified; and Gods Kingdom Epitomized, all in, by, and through Christ; and
now by the continuing work of The Holy Spirit. No local church can dream up or
design her own purpose for to do so is not to be identified with the Body of Christ.
Adapted from Theophilos 3 / Eatons Bible Dictionary
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so that through the church the manifold[l] wisdom of

God[m] might now be made known to[n] the rulers and
authorities[o] in the heavenly places. 11 This was[p]
according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in
Christ Jesus our Lord, Eph 3:10-11 (ESV)
The role of the church is to

Please God, Serve Man, and
Point Man back to God.
6) What is the role of the Church?

With the purpose comes the role. The roles the church carries out serves to fulfil
her purpose. The roles of the church are laid down in scripture. No local church
can dream up or design her own roles thinking that it will contribute to the
fulfilment of the purpose of the Church Universal. The role of the church is to
Please God, Serve Man, and Point Man back to God. She will continue to do these
through the 5 points underlined here. As she does this she is showing forth Gods
Wisdom Applied, Gods Love Personified, and Gods Kingdom Epitomized; and
thereby fulfilling her purpose. The roles of the Church are to;
a) Enjoy Gods Presence (Worship)
Psalm 34:3Praise the Lord's greatness with me. Let us highly honor his name together.
(GW)
Ps 122:1 I was glad when they said to me, Let's go to the house of the Lord. (GW)
Personal worship is a beautiful experience where a person/believer gets to
commune with our God on a personal level and exhilarating experience when
Christians come to worship and praise God together on a corporate level.
b) Proclaim the Gospel
(Evangelism / Mission to dominate and influence earth through Kingdom
Culture).
Matt 28:19-20So wherever you go, make disciples of all nations: Baptize them in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach them to do everything I have
commanded you. And remember that I am always with you until the end of time. (GW)
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Acts 20:24 But I don't place any value on my own life. I want to finish the race I'm running.
I want to carry out the mission I received from the Lord Jesusthe mission of testifying to the
Good News of God's kindness. (GW)
c) Provide a structure & avenue for family gathering (Fellowship)
Eph 2:19 That is why you are no longer foreigners and outsiders but citizens together with
God's people and members of God's family. (GW)
d) Provide a structure for church education (Discipleship).
Eph 4:12-13Their purpose is to prepare God's people, to serve, and to build up the body of
Christ. 13 This is to continue until all of us are united in our faith and in our knowledge about
God's Son, until we become mature, until we measure up to Christ, who is the standard.
(GW)
e) Provide a structure for Social Development through Love
(Ministry within Community a taste of heaven on earth)
Eph 4:12a. Their purpose is to prepare God's people, to serve,...
7) What makes a local church grow?

This is one of the most important and difficult questions in terms of local church
development and Kingdom Expansion, because at the end of the day we want to
see growth. Our success is measured by our growth both spiritually and
numerically. If there is no growth, than there is certainly in my view no
development and expansion, and of course our colonization process in our locality
is stagnant. I have outlined here some of the probable answers to the question
above.
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a) An atmosphere of Worship, Praise, Prayer, and Fellowship

[There is an anointing flowing in the place and amongst the believers]. Jesus said; When
I am Lifted up from the world, I will draw all men unto me (Jn 12:32). The context
signifies the manner of death the Lord Jesus will suffer. That was his
sacrifice and He has suffered that already. Thereforeour continuing praise,
prayer, and worship now are our sacrifices of praise that will continue to
draw the lost to Him. Have you ever been to a service where there was just
no spiritual enthusiasm? You can feel that the songs were just sung from the
lips and not from the hearts; where there is vocal melody without spiritual
harmony. The preaching seemed irrelevant at all. The faces just dont
manifest the joy of the Lord, etc, etc I dont think you would want to go
there again; itll kill you. But where there is the Spirit of Worship, there is
the Joy of the Lord, Power of the Word, Exuberance in Prayer, Enthusiasm
of Service, Manifestation of Genuine Love and Care, Depth in Exhortation
and Predication, Heart-felt Emotions in Hymns & Songs. You will want to
go there again or perhaps every week. An atmosphere like that is appealing
and uplifting, dont you think?
b) Apostolic Leadership
But where there is the

Spirit of Worship, there is the
Joy of the Lord, Power of the

[The Apostle is recognized and he leads with vision
Word, Exuberance in Prayer,
for the church]. What do we mean by Apostolic
Enthusiasm of Service,
Leadership? The Bible tells us that
Manifestation of Genuine Love
Apostleship is a gift (1 Cor 12; Eph 4:11).
and Care, Depth in
The word Apostle comes from the Greek
Exhortation and Predication,
word Apostolos which basically means to Heart-felt Emotions in Hymns
& Songs.
send. When we read the Book of Acts, we can
see that some of the major responsibilities of
the first Apostles in relation to church
expansion were to plant Churches, oversee the work of Church Planting,
and looking after newly planted church. Apostolic Leadership in this regard
therefore, refers to the work of Spear-heading Church Expansion (Evangelism
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&Mission), Church Care (Spiritual Food of Doctrine & Theology), and Church
Equipping (Discipleship, Coaching, and Mentoring).People are drawn to this kind of
leadership, where the Leader is Where the rubber meets the road; the front-line
of Kingdom Expansion work.
Our reliance on God shows
c) Biblical Theology, Teaching, Studying, and

faith. As our faith is expressed
Preaching
by the way we live our daily lives
People are like sheep. They always want to
personally and corporately
be where the grass is green; and they will always
be looking out for where the grasses are greener.
Mans spiritual appetite has a taste for spiritual delicacies. If you give him a
one course same menu week in week out, he will start to lose his appetite.
When the members are well fed with varieties of spiritual life-giving
delicacies, they will always be looking forward to the next spiritual meal;
they will stay loyal to the family (Church)
and serve well when given the opportunity.
People will not only find a
People will not only find a place of
place of fellowship where they
fellowship where they can be connected to
the sounds of heavenly music; they also want to can be connected to the sounds
of heavenly music; they also want
be in fellowship ina place where they are
to be in fellowship in a place
connected to the depth of Heavenly Empowered where they are connected to the
Teachings. Where there is a presence of depth of Heavenly Empowered
Heavenly Empowered Teachings, the people
Teachings.
will hunger and thirst for more.Remember,
Man does not live on bread alone, but on every
Word that comes from the mouth of The Lord. The heavenly life of a man craves for
heavenly teachings in order to sustain him in a dying world.
d) A total reliance on the Power, Protection, and Provisions of the Lord

1 Except Jehovah build the house, they labour in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the
city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, and
to eat the bread of toil; for so he giveth unto his beloved sleep. Psalms 127:1-2 (ASV).
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Our reliance on God shows faith. As our faith is expressed by the way we live
our daily lives personally and corporately, it grow like wild fire and is caught by
those in the church (causing spiritual growth), and there will be a deep desire
to seek others out for The Lord Jesus (causing numerical growth). This Psalm is
not telling us that we leave everything to the Lord and we sit back and relax.
Rather it means that as we work we rely on God that he has already prepared
what is needed. The realization of our objectives is the physical manifestation
of Gods provision. We have faith in Gods control and we work hard at
eliminating all hints of egoistic success and personal pride.
e) Discerning and Using Spiritual Gifts of the Holy
Spirit
Spiritually gifted and discerningministry
leadership who practice what they preach.
We dont just build because

we want to build, or because it is
cosy, or because other churches
15 Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a

workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling
aright the word of truth. 2 Tim 2:15 (ASV).
are doing it; we build or upgrade

our facilities because we are
convinced that it is an investment
for spiritual growth, an
accommodation for numerical
There are two important points in this heading;

growth, and it will support the
1). Leaders have the discerning spirit to vision, mission, and objectives of
recognize the spiritual gifts of their members the church, in a fast developing
and guide them to relevant opportunities where
world.
they could serve. 2). As members are given the
privilege to serve in certain church ministries
using their spiritual gifts, they add to the potential of the local church.They
become active and effective in ministries,as they live out Bible Truth (Practical
Theology). The local church is able to talk the talk and walk the walk in their
walk with the Lord; and this attracts the searching heart to the Lord and to the
church.
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f) Using and Developing the Spiritual Gifts of her members

Members are not only recognized and utilized, they are also developed. They
are given the opportunities for more training, workshops, studies, etc. As
gifts are recognized, developed, and given the opportunities for service in
the church and creation of ministries in the communities, those who have
them will realize that they are cared for and that their contribution is
valuable to the leaders, achievement of the church vision, mission,
objectives, and of course the Great Commission. They will in return want to
increase their output. This causes growth both spiritual and numerical.
g) Improved facilities
Improved facilities are also an excellent contribution to church growth.
They are investments for ministries. Members are encouraged and seeing the
new developments arising from existing ones. It shows advancement. It
confirms that those in leadership have a vision for growth. Improved
facilities substantiate a genuine vision for the future. To say that building
big buildings are a waste of resources is an understatement. Those who say
that are not clear about Church Development and Growth. As we see
numerical growth in terms of people coming to Christ and attending church
activities due to an atmosphere of worship, praise, prayer, and fellowship;
followed by the exercising of Apostolic Leadership; Biblical Teaching,
Studying, and Preaching; Relying on Gods Power, Protection, and
Provisions; Discerning and using Spiritual Gifts; Developing of Spiritual
Gifts; leaders must at this time lay down a strategic plan for constructions
of new facilities that will support the ministries of the church. We dont
just build because we want to build, or because it is cosy, or because other
churches are doing it; we build or upgrade our facilities because we are
convinced that it is an investment for spiritual growth, an accommodation
for numerical growth, and it willsupport the vision, mission, and objectives
of the church, in a fast developing world.
h) Adequate financial resources
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Realistically, our economy is a money-based economy. Money controls the

scope of our development. We cannot deny this fact. The Truth is, God is
able to supply all that the church needs according to His riches in Glory.
Having an adequate financial base is an advantage to church growth because
she can broaden her ministries to other areas the leaders believe that their
involvement can make a difference. This of course is to be validated through
prayer. The church will constantly need the green-light from heaven. She
needs to be aligned to the Kingdom Blue-print
of Community Expansion and Kingdom
Colonization. When church members see that
When church members see
their money is being invested wisely in needed
that their money is being
areas for the Kingdom expansion work, and invested wisely in needed areas
for the Kingdom, and reaping
reaping abundant spiritual returns, they will
desire to invest more. As a result, there will be abundant spiritual returns, they
will desire to invest more.
an exponential spiritual and numerical growth.
i) Having an effective ministry plan

(1) What do I mean by this? Well, an Effective Ministry Plan is one who vision
was birthed by prayer. The vision for its establishment was given by God.
This can only happen when leaders take time out to pray on what God
would want them to do as a church. God is the source of the vision for
Ministry and He gives it along with the intelligence and wisdom to design
its plan. The most effective ministry plan is one that is focused on the Great
Commission go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations. This is the
Heartbeat of God, The Core Ministry of all Christian Ministries. The
effectiveness of a ministry plan (after having
the Vision) will bring into consideration the
Unreached Target Group, the demography
God is the source of the
of the target area, Objectives and Goals, vision for Ministry and He gives
strength and weaknesses, clear strategy and it along with the intelligence and
wisdom to design its plan.
detail tactics, other factors that are worth
considering.
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j) Godly Leadership
Good Leadership is the key to church growth. In this day and age, this
changing culture of the 21st century, and challenging development, each
local church must work hard at developing aggressive, dynamic, and
inspiring leaders who love God, love the people, and love the church.
8) Biblical Model of Leadership in the Church

a) Leaders are Apostles of God
The word Apostles, as I have already stated, is the translation of the Greek
word Apostolos meaning a delegate, messenger, or one sent forth with orders;
which specifically speaking in this context means an Ambassador of the
Gospel or a Commissioner of Christ or An Ambassador or Commissioner of Gods
Kingdom. Therefore, they are sent out by God as Ambassadors and
Commissioner to tell other, or to lead the work of telling others about Gods
salvation work in Christ Jesus.
1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,...
Romans 1:1 (ASV)
b) Leaders are servants FOR the people
Paul used the phrase Servant of Jesus Christ in many of his letters. In Pauls
context, the word servant comes from the Greek word Doulos meaning a
slave, or a man of servile. A slave during Pauls time is a servant who has
forfeited all his rights and fully given over to carry out the command of his
master. In the context of Christian Leadership, the definition could be paraphrased as one who gives himself up to the Lord Jesus and whose service is used by
Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men.
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1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2 which he promised afore through his prophets in the holy scriptures, 3 concerning his Son,
who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 who was declared to be the Son of
God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; even
Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we received grace and apostleship, unto obedience of
faith among all the nations, for his name's sake; 6 among whom are ye also called to be Jesus
Christ's: Romans 1:1-6 (ASV).
c) Leaders are stewards of Christs resources
The word Steward is the translation of two Greek words. The first is the
word epitropos which has a couple of meanings a commissioner, a house
manager, a guardian, and a tutor. The other is the word oikonomos meaning a
house manager, or a House Overseer, and figuratively speaking a Preacher of the
Gospel or a Governor.Therefore, contextually speaking, church leaders are
commissioned to be guardians, treasurers, and managers of Gods riches and
resources, especially the Gospel of the Lord Jesus.
7 For indeed a presiding officer, as Gods steward, ought to be blameless, not self - willed or
quick - tempered, not a drunkard or violent, or greedy of filthy lucre; 8 but he must be
hospitable, a lover of the good, sober - minded, just, holy, self - controlled. Titus 1:7-8
(MontgomeryNT).
d) Leaders need to be both spiritual and professional
This is why Paul spoke strongly to Timothy about the qualifications of
Elders which he was to appoint in the Ephesian church. If you were to look
at his directive, you will see that 95% of these qualifications deal with the
fruit of spiritual influence, both personal, and his immediate sphere of
influence and ministry, which include his marital life, his children, and his
household. The other 5% is the ability to dispense the truth of God with
simplicity and clarity. I am of the view that once a leader is influenced by
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the Spirit of the Lord Jesus, his work ethics and practice take a new
dimension of professionalism. The Lord Jesus said Those who want to follow me
must say no to the things they want, pick up their crosses, and follow me. Mark 8:34
(GW).
1 This is a statement that can be trusted: If anyone sets his heart on being a bishop, he desires
something excellent. 2 A bishop must have a good reputation. He must have only one wife, be
sober, use good judgment, be respectable, be hospitable, and be able to teach. 3 He must not
drink excessively or be a violent person, but he must be gentle. He must not be quarrelsome or
love money. 4 He must manage his own family well. His children should respectfully obey him.
5 (If a man doesn't know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's
church?). 1 Tim 3:1-5 (GW).
e) Leadership in the church is a calling
(You can still be an influence without holding a position). There is a big difference of
attitude to work for one who is appointed by the church, in comparison
with one who has a firm belief that his calling is from God. The word
Calling when used in the letters of Paul is the translation of the Greek word
Klesiswhich basically means an invitation, and in this context, an invitation
from God. Leadership in the church therefore is a privilege, because it is an
invitation from God to the building up of His Kingdom.
26 For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not
many noble, are called: 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to
shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to
shame the things that are strong; 28 and the base things of the world, and the things that are
despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the
things that are: 29 that no flesh should glory before God. 1 Cor 1:26-29 (ASV).
f) Leadership in the church is both a calling and an appointment
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(Called by God, Recognized & Appointed by the Senior Pastor, agreed to & blessed by the
Board of Elders). The appointment is made when the leaders recognizes the
contribution of a servant and conclude that it is the manifestation of his
Spiritual Gifts, and Gods call on his life.
1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2 which he promised afore through his prophets in the holy scriptures,... Romans 1:1-2
(ASV).
g) Leadership in the church is a ministry
Unless leaders see it this way, there is the tendency to Lord over the
congregation instead of serving and contributing positively to the work of
Kingdom Expansion.
27 Whoever wants to be most important among you will be your slave. 28 It's the same way
with the Son of Man. He didn't come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to
give his life as a ransom for many people. Matt 20:27-28 (GW)
h) Leadership in the church is a profession
Church leadership requires professionalism. It is also a profession as much
as it is a calling. It is a divine profession, with a divine appointment. It is
also a local church profession and a local church appointment. Unless it is
seen as a profession, leaders will never perform to their full potential, and
lack quality and certified service.Unless it is seen as a profession, some will
go for secular paid jobs given the opportunity. Professionalism need not be
defined by monetary remuneration but in terms of quality and excellent
purpose driven service that only a church leader can do.
10 For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works, which
God has before prepared that we should walk in them. Eph 2:10 (Darby).
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1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri,
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom,
and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, 4 to devise skilful
works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in
carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship. Ex 31:1-5 (ASV).
i) Group Exercise
(1) What is the role of the VANUA?
(2)Who determines the role of the Vanua?
(3)
Which one is more important; the role of the Church or the role of the
Vanua? Why do you say Church or Vanua?
(4)
How can the CHURCH & the VANUA work together?
9) Community Development & Transformation

The word community usually refers to a group of people living together in one
locality, or in a geographical area, who inhabit a culture of shared values. The word
community may also apply to those who have an identity as a group.
a) What is development?
Development means changes involving some plan and
purpose. Development in a Community means
planned and purposeful changes that take place in a
community to bring about an acceptable standard of living
for the community members thereby alleviating a substandard or poverty standard of living which has been the
result of untapped potentials, resources, and narrow
thinking.
Development in the
Church describes positive
changes in the Church
Leadership Structure,
Ministries Set-ups, and
Community Service Approach
involving qualitative as well as
quantitative improvements.
The term Development in the Church describe

positive changes in the Church Leadership Structure, Ministries Set-ups, and
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Community Service Approach involving qualitative as well as quantitative

improvements.
b) Transformation
This is a process in which something or someone is being changed from one form
or state to another through a series of activities or events.
There are all different kinds of development taking place in all our local churches.
Many have taken a lot of our resources to maintain especially our fixed assets. We
have therefore used a lot of our resources on looking after assets than on looking
for and after people. The enduring ethical questions that we need to ask in order to
clearly strategize, execute, and evaluate any planned development are;
(1) Who is the development for?This is the first important question a leader
needs to ask because any change will affect peoples lives. It is the
responsibility of the church leader to always bring into consideration what
the Bible teaches about the Church both universal and local, Ministry and
Ministry Gifts in the church, the people who will gain from the proposed
development, the now benefits and future effects not only to the church but
also to the community at large, and how will a proposed development serve
Gods purpose in the Church / Ministry and community. These are
essentials to the understanding of any development that the church seeks to
carry-out as leader are stewards of Gods resources and their understanding
helps in their decision making and minimizing the probability of
mismanagement.
(2)What is the purpose of the development? All developments must have a
purpose. No development must take place just because the other ministries,
churches, or organizations are doing it. The purpose of any development in
the ministry or church must first be aligned with Gods intent for the
church local and universal;it must be aligned with the role of the church as
laid down in scripture; and it must also be aligned with the vision of the
local church. A local church leader must seek to understand purpose of any
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development no matter how good it sounds or look, or the church will be

busy doing things and carrying out projects great and small that is not
relevant to the local church purpose and the universal mission of the church
of the Lord Jesus.
(3) How much is going to be sacrificed in this development? All
development require some sort of sacrifice and these sacrifices come in
terms of time;in terms of church resource, natural resources, finance; and in
terms of people and their comfortability. A leader must ensure that all
sacrifice must be made to get people into the Kingdom; and not for personal
gain. The measure of sacrifice must be equivalent to the size of development.
Church leaders must be cautioned not to sacrifice what they do not own for
their personal gain and agenda. The Lord is El-Elyon, the possessor of
heaven and earth, the owner of all known and unknown, seen and unseen.
We are just caretakers and need to do so with the spirit of stewardship.
(4)
What will be the result? This is an important question that will
need to be asked by a local church in anticipation ofa good and beneficial
outcome of any development both Planned & Actual results. Kingdom
concern must always be the business and investment of the
church.Kingdom expansion must be first and foremost [focusing on verbal
Gospel communication].Kingdom transformation and influence [focusing on
consistently allowing Christ to live out His life in me].To derail from Kingdom
business is to lose focus on the Great Commission.The main anticipated
result must bethe number of people granted membership to the Kingdom;
the number of people to disciple, train, mentor, teach, influenced for the
Kingdom;the number of people baptized, trained and send out as
ambassadors of the Kingdom;the number of people to draw in and nurtured
to become channels of influence for the Kingdom. All other anticipated
outcome of any proposed church development must be analysed in terms of
its support to the church kingdom concern and advancement of the Gospel
of the Lord Jesus to every people group and individual. In fact this, this
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should be an important question in planning that it needs be visualized first

before any detail planning is done.
10) Planning in General

This is an important part of any organization. If you dont plan, you are planning
to fail. Plans will be complicated if we did not have clear vision, values, and
mission. The church local has often operated in a mystic way in relation to
planning and implementation of that which it plans to carry out. The church is to
be transcendent and yet natural at the same time. The church is to be transcendent
in her consultation with the Lord and natural in her operation with the
community in alldevelopment planning.
a) Why Should We Plan
(1)Because planning helps us achieve our objectives
God is a God who plans and there are many references in the Bible that
clearly states the Planning Nature of God. If we are made in his image, than
we also need to manifest the Planning Nature of the One whose likeness we
reflect. More so, the church has been gifted with the gift of administration
and leadership that should enable a local fellowship to plan to strategically
her undertakings for the glory of God. Planning helps in setting Goals and
objectives and clear goals and objectives assist church leaders in designing a
workable approach (strategy) to achieving them. When there is good
planning, there will definitely be clear objectives which will also help the
leader to evaluate what has been achieved and how the church or ministry
has performed. Planning helps leaders and their co-workers to work
according to time and not to waste time on a certain area.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ: 4 even as he chose us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
5 having foreordained us... Eph 1:3-5 (ASV)
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(2)Planning helps us to live and function with order

God is a God of order. The universe bears witness to this truth. He
orders the universe, from the microscopic to
beyond the stars; from the seen to the
unseen; he orders them in such a way that
If you fail to plan, you are
there is never any catastrophic chaos except
planning to fail.
that which man supposed.When a leader
plans, he is not wasting time being a pen
pusher, but he is laying every responsibility on his table and working at
how he can best achieve them in a given time frame without jeopardizing
his other existing responsibilities and the ministries of the church.
1 Corinthians 14:40Everything must be done in a proper and orderly way. (GW);

(3)The Lord Jesus taught that we need to have good plans and clear
objectives.
A plan needs to be personal first before it can be corporate. I can only
plan for others if I have and consistently planning my life; and that my
lifes plan has positive results. To do otherwise will just be a show of
programme and paper without credibility that could result in nothing
being achieved and wasting of resources.
Luke 14:28 32 Suppose you want to build a tower. You would first sit down and figure
out what it costs. Then you would see if you have enough money to finish it. 29 Otherwise, if
you lay a foundation and can't finish the building, everyone who watches will make fun of you.
30 They'll say, This person started to build but couldn't finish the job.' 31 Or suppose a king
is going to war against another king. He would first sit down and think things through. Can he
and his 10,000 soldiers fight against a king with 20,000 soldiers? 32 If he can't, he'll send
ambassadors to ask for terms of peace while the other king is still far away. (GW).
b) Why do we need objectives?
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Objectives and goals help the leader in deciding which would be the best
method to use. They also break down the aim into manageable and achievable
task.
(1)
Aim what we are striving to do? Or
what we desire to achieve? The main target
that defines our PURPOSE.
Objectives and goals help

the leader in deciding which the
(2)
Objectives that which should be
accomplished in a given time period to reach
the Aim;
best method to use is.
(3)
Goals these are short-range, immediate, measurable, realistic, and
leading up to an Objective; strategically and systematically moving toward
an Objective;
(a) In planning you need one definite Aim (Target);
(b) There needs to be several objectives from the present state to help you
achieve the Aim or Target;
(c) There are several Goals leading up to a determined objective.
(i) Example 7s game
1. Aim To be world champion.
2. Objective To win this year 7s series.
3. Goals To win this tournament and the next and gain more
points;
(4)
Having objectives make it easier for the leader to measure what
he/she has achieved and keep the leader on target;
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(5)
Clear objectives help the leader use his time wisely and not be taken
up the unnecessary things;
(6)
Clear objectives lead to productivity;
(7)
Clear objectives help in evaluating performance of your people;
c) Group Exercise
d) Read 1 Corinthians 9:24 26 and discuss Pauls plan in these verses.
11) Basic Principles of Planning

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
Planning is Biblical [Proverbs 15: 22; Phil 3:13 14; John 17]
People plan because they want to experience step-by-step change;
The more comfortable the environment; the more we will resist change;
Morale and relationships are improved;
Assigned task accomplished more efficiently with minimum instruction;
Always have a plan B [Back-Up Plan];
Give quality time for planning;
Plan it BIG; Keep it SIMPLE;
Think it out NOW before doing [Trouble-Shooting]
Your Plan is your BLUEPRINT [Framework] PLUS MANY OTHERS
Shower your plan with Prayers to get Gods BLUE PRINT;
Be flexible and allow God to intervene in your planning; Hes got the BLUE
PRINT;
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PLANNING PROCESS CHART
m) The Planning Questions

(1)
WHAT should be done?
(2)
WHY should it be done?
(3)
WHEN should it be done?
(4)
WHERE should it be done?
(5)
HOW should it be done?
(6)
WHO should do it?
12) What successful planning involves

a) A definite vision, purpose, Aim, Goals, and objectives that are well defined, clearly
understood & attainable;
(1)
To plan Church Activities without Kingdom Purpose is to allow
abuse of Kingdom Resources;
(2)
To Aim at anything without Kingdom Purpose is to Aim at Nothing;
(3)
To fail to plan is a plan to fail.
b) Well set-out priorities for effective and efficient sequence to achieve the important
task;
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c) Proper balance in performance of tasks;

d) Detail planning and flexibility in planning;
e) Proper recognition of human factor.
13) Planning Requirements

a) Data Gathering
(1) Gathering of necessary facts (possibilities, probabilities; numbers) / doing a
SWOT analysis. Note your finding within your church group, organization,
or your community group.
(a) Strength
(b) Weaknesses
(c) Opportunities
(d) Threats
(2) Doing a Feasibility Study (the good, the bad, and the
ugly);on the viability and achievability of a planned project.
b) Visionary, Strategic, & Tactical Planning
(1) Strategy the overall game plan or course of action, process, and
programme used to accomplish a certain Objective. Strategies are applied

from one objective to the next and they may differ depending on leadership,
policies, and resources available.
(2) Tactics are special and unique means to achieve an objective in any
organization. Tactics are part of the strategy.
(a) Within a strategy there are many tactics;
(b) A compound of tactics forms a strategy.
(3) Establish a sequence of various activities to be done;
(4) Evaluation of opportunities and resources [counting the cost].
c) Establish method & procedures;
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(1) Procedures the list of step by step instructions that outline how tasks
will be accomplished. Procedure shows how a certain tactic is carried out.

When you group a couple of procedures together, they form the method;
(2) Methods is a technique (the step by step list of procedures)
(3) Establishing policies;
(a) Policies general guidelines or rules which people need to follow from
the establishment of a procedure, to achieving an Aim, thereby fulfilling
the Mission, Purpose, and Vision of your
ministry / church/ org.
(4) Determining the specific course of
action;
(5) Consideration of culture, tradition, &
resources;
(6) Selection & matching of individuals
to the tasks;
(7) Establish good communication;
(8) Right timing to start;
(9) Making necessary changes;
(10)
Alternatives and flexibility;
Exploring alternatives; thinking
creatively;
(11)
Realistic thinking;
(12)
Decisive course of action [to do, not to do, or wait]
(13)
Continual evaluation
d) Asking the Basic questions that help Planning of Objectives
(1) Where are we now?
(2) Where do we want to go?
(3) Why do we want to go there?
(4) How do we get there?
(5) When will we get there?
(6) Who is responsible for getting us there?
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(7) Does this persons position match his abilities and gifts?
(8) Is he able to get us there?
(9) What resources are needed to get us there?
e) Hindrances to Planning of Objectives

(1) Tradition
People can be confused with tradition and Gods will. Traditions are the
consolidated pattern of living designed by man to govern his life or any of his
undertaking that was proven effective in one generation so it was carried over to the
next.To stick to tradition is to lose focus of the objective. To stick to
tradition is to hang-on to past glories. Why? Because traditions
encourage a mode of personal righteousness that seeks to receive
commendation and acceptance from those
around but is does not contribute to the
achievement of a desired objective. We are
The Bible defines culture
to do the things that will please God
as the manifestation of a
regardless of what people and society think.
persons mental conditioning
Remember; what worked in the last decade
may no-longer be relevant now.
(2) Culture
The world defines culture as the way of life of an entire society which
includes manners, dress, language, rituals, norms of behaviour and
system of belief. The culture or pattern of behaviour that we learn from
our families and from other groups are reflected in what we do and in the
things we believe. The Bible defines culture as the manifestation of a
persons mental conditioning [out of the heart [gk-mind] flows the issues of
life]. Culture varies from society to society and is determined by what
the society perceived as Right & Wrong,Shameful & Honourable, and
Fearful & Powerful.
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(3) Outlook
Understand that time is changing so method needs to change also. What

has worked 10 years ago may not work out well today because life is
changing, there is always an evolution of culture, and there is a new
generation of people. A major contribution to these changes is Hi-Tech
evolution.
(4) Status Quo
It has always been done by like this; they have always been our leaders.
As lifestyle changes, leadership will need to adapt or it will lose out.
Leadership is a character that manifests itself in people. And if you want
to change leadership character you have to influence or replace the
people in leadership. This is possible in evangelical churches but not so
with easy with Pentecostals; because in Pentecostal Church, Leadership
is a calling and stays with you until God says enough; whereas with the
Evangelicals, it is only an appointment by the church. But then it is the
responsibility of the Leader to groom New Leaders to take his place so
that the metamorphosis of leadership is coping well with the new
changes. When Leaders are not reproducing, management overrules,and
then status quo takes over.
(5) Fear
Fear of the unknown; fear of change; fear that planning is trying to push
away the leading of the Holy Spirit. Fear shows that the leadership is not
as spiritual and God reliance as it should. Fear stops good change to
happen in the church. Leaders are risk takers and a leader who doesnt
take risk is a leader who fears the future. Fear therefore stops him from
seeing Gods opportunities in the midst of mans impossibilities.
(6) Distraction
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Activities which are good but do not help

in fulfilling the objectives, the urgent but
The focus of the leaders
unimportant. Distractions are activities must therefore be always on his
that side-track us from Gods intent and
God Given Vision, and his
The Churchs Commission. The focus of
God Given Mission.
the leaders must therefore be always on
his God Given Vision, and his God Given
Mission. The Bible says that we are to keep our eyes on the Lord Jesus,
the Author and Perfector of our faith. He will keep your leadership focus.
To look away from Him is to be distracted by certain mediocrity the
world offers.
(7) Faulty Theology
This can be an excuse not to plan; the leadership of the Holy Spirit is all
we need. It is when we fail to see that God in the light of His Word and
the authority He has given us to have dominion over this world. The
Kingdom of God is a Kingdom that plans. As representatives of the
Kingdom we need also to be planning. My church has constantly stated
that number is an irrelevant issue in God Kingdom. This is a Theological
Error because God, the Bible says, wants everybody saved; 9 The Lord isn't
slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake.
He doesn't want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn
to him and change the way they think and act. 2
Peter 3:9 (GW). Faulty Theology can be
very subtle in its infiltration, particularly
Jealousy comes when you
when it is motivated by our own selfdo not know your potential; so
righteousness.
you desire to become like the
other person but you do not
(8) Inadequate evaluation
understand the uniqueness of

each individual.
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There needs to be a continual sequence of plan action evaluation

plan action evaluation, to see progress and review past developments.
When evaluation is not done, it will be difficult for a group to see or
assess the progress they have made toward a desire objective. Most local
churches do carry out their ministry evaluation, but the sad aspect about
some of our evaluations is that they are more focus on finance, property,
assets, and material resources rather than evaluating the work of the
church in relation to Kingdom Expansion. It is very important for a local
church or assembly to focus her evaluation first on her work of Kingdom
Expansion and see how she has faredin the domain of Souls saved, Souls
disciple, Workers trained, Evangelism, and Church Planting.
(9) Resistance & Opposition
There is insecurity and fear of what changes will bring. I have been in
many local churches where there was utter stagnancy because members,
especially the leadership Team was resistant to change, so they oppose
every proposal of development innovation because they fear that it will
destabilize their spiritual security. We need to be
mindful of the fact that our security is in God, and that
It is very important for a local
a Born Again person is hidden in Him for eternity from
church or assembly to focus her
the day he received Jesus as Lord and Saviour. For
evaluation first on her work of
positive and constructive development to occur,
Kingdom Expansion...
change must happen.
(10)
Jealousy
Allowing bad emotions to take control of planning

exercise causes jealousy. The spirit of Pride begets competition; and the
spirit of Extreme Competition breeds jealousy; and the spirit of Jealousy
begets division. Jealousy comes when you do not know your potential; so
you desire to become like the other person but you do not understand
the uniqueness of each individual. No person is less important than the
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others; we are just different; just as Paul referred to the analogy of the
human body.
Pride
(11)
Pride comes as a result of past success, and to glory in your past success
is to diminish your potential in further development and success. In
planning, pride causes a person not to consider other peoples thoughts
but his own as the best option.
Unconsecrated Life
(12)
This work is spiritual and those who are involved in it should life
spiritually holy and healthy lives.
Group Exercise
Looking back at the principles and requirements for planning, what could be some of the
results of ineffective planning?
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2.
Stages of Planning
The Planning Stage
I want us to begin this section by looking at the stages of planning and what they
involve. In any undertaking whether in a church or outside of the church planning can be
a huge task. That is why it is helpful to break the planning process down into
manageable stages. The stages are as follows:1. Visionary Planning
2. Strategic Planning
3. Tactical Planning
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
6. Adjustment
I want us to discuss the first three stages here to help us understand their differences.
Visionary Planning
Without the Visionary

This is the first stage of the planning process. This is
Planning there is no point in
where the foundation of the whole workbegins.
trying to do a Strategic
Without the Visionary Planning there is no point in
Planning.
trying to do a Strategic Planning. In Visionary Planning
an organization will establish, implement, evaluate, and
adjust her vision, values, purpose, mission, and objectives to meet
a particular need. There are seven (07) steps in the Visionary Planning Stage:-
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a. Establish the Vision of the organization. What do we see ourselves achieving?

What need do we need to meet?
b. Establish the Purpose of the organization.Why do we exist? Why are we here?
Why am I here? How can (we, I ) meet this need?
c. Establish the Values of the organization.What do we stand for? What
characteristics must our members exemplify to project a worthy image of the
organization?
d. Establish the Mission Statement;A statement of what we are going to focus on.
e. Analyse the factors that will affect us in our undertaking.
f. Determine the results that we want to see.
g. Evaluate potential threats and obstacles that we could encounter and
establish possible engagement plans; (action on).
Strategic Planning
In this stage of Planning Process, an organization will establish, review, and adjust her
vision, values, purpose, objectives, and goals. At this stage, an
organization will make decision in light of tomorrows
Strategic Planning is
expectations. Strategic Planning is focused on Long
focused on Long Range
Range Achievements. Strategic Planning in church is
Achievements.
slightly different because we need not set any new
objective other than the one already laid down in
scripture [Matt 28:19-20]. There are seven basic steps in this stage:h. Review values, vision, & purpose of the organization.
i. Establish the objectivesHow will we accomplish the purpose?

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j. Analyse the factors which affect the organization.

k. Determine the resources necessary and establish a budget.How much will
it cost to reach each objective?
l. How can we obtain necessary or needed resources?
m. Determine possible obstacles and how to overcome themwhat may hinder
us from achieving our purpose?
n. Determine possible consequences;What to expect when face with these
obstacles?
o. Determine financial, personnel, and procedural policies of the
organization;What are our guidelines in controlling the activities we do to achieve our
goals?
p. Establish standards;What Conditions need to be in order to accomplish theGoals &
Objectives?
Tactical Planning
You move to this stage when you have finished the

Tactical Planning is
focused on Short Range
Strategic Planning stage. In the Tactical Planning
achievements.
stage, an organization will determine the means to
accomplish short-range Goals. Tactical Planning is focused
on Short Range achievements. Tactical Planning can
again be broken down into three (03) manageable planning process:q. Programme Planning establishing a course of action that has just a few
tasks and will be used only once to achieve a certain goal.
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r. Project Planning Establishing a course of action that has many task and
will be used only once to achieve a certain goal.
s. Operational Planning Establishing a course of action to be used
repeatedly to accomplish a specific Goal.
Guidelines for the Tactical Planning Stage
a. Record the purpose, objectives, and goals to be accomplished.
b. Determine the TYPE of Tactical Plan (Programme, Project, Operational);
c. List necessary activities needed to accomplish the Goal.
d. Note the starting date and the completion date for each activity.
e. Note the people responsible for each activity and those assisting them.
f. List the needed material and resources for each activity.
g. Record the financial cost for each activity.
h. Evaluate the Tactical Type Plan that is being used on a regular basis.
i. Are there enough resources?
ii. Is there enough funds?
iii. If not; how can we resupply our funds & resources?
iv. Do we need to analyse and adjust the plan so that we can have enough
funds and resources?
These are basically the important points that are involved in the planning process and
the characteristics of each planning stage. Remember! A plan is only effective when
actions are taken. Having a plan on paper will not bring the desired result.
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Brain Storming
In every planning session participants need to Brainstorm. Brainstorming in
planning is a word that is used to express All members contribution to the topic with all
kinds of ideas they think will contribute to fulfilment of the Vision, Mission, Purpose, Objectives,
or Goals being discussed. When there is no brainstorming, one persons ideas will rule
out the rest.
Dos and Donts of BRAINSTORMING SESSIONS
Present all necessary or known data and information to help making good
decision;
Give everyone a chance to contribute and participate so they can take ownership
of the final outcome;
Do not allow one person to monopolize the brainstorming session;
All ideas are accepted;
No idea is too small, narrow, large, or stupid to be heard;
No evaluation or criticism of any idea;
Anyone can build positively on another persons idea;
Do not expect to have all this ideas in logical sequence or order of importance; and
do not worry about it;
All participants should know that their ideas were heard and considered;
All ideas should be displayed on the board so that everyone can see them;
Do not allow for any show of hands (voting for an idea) when all the
information or facts needed are not made available to make wise decision.
The NEXT STEP of Brainstorming Session is ORDERING & EVALUATION
Check all ideas against the Vision, Purpose, Mission, Objectives,
Goals, and Constitution of the Organization.
Eliminate all ideas that are not in line with the above, and not
according to scripture;
After elimination; Analyse all the facts, information, and data
presented;
BEGIN THE DECISION MAKING.
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Group Exercise
Carry out a Visionary Plan and a Strategy Plan for a new Christian Ministry that
you want to set-up in a Squatter Area.
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Visionary Planning Worksheet

OUR VALUES
OUR PURPOSE
What we do / What is our business?
Whose needs are we meeting and whose needs should we meet?
Where are we going and where should we go?
What are we doing that is setting us apart from other similar organization?
Which area of our ministry do we excel the most?
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WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?
EVALUATION
KEEPING FOCUS
Strategic Planning Worksheet

VALUES
PURPOSE
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
What has been our main focus?

o What should our main focus (business) be?
Whose needs have we been trying to meet?
o Whose needs should we be meeting?
Which direction have we been going?
o Which direction should we go?
What has been the one thing that we do that sets us apart from other organization?
Which area, in our ministry, do we excel in?
WHAT ARE / IS / ARE GOING TO BE OUR PRESENT OBJECTIVES?
o __________________________________________
o __________________________________________
o __________________________________________
o __________________________________________
WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR STRATEGY
o
What course of action are we going to take?
What factors do we need to take into consideration?
What resources do we need and how are we going to get those resources?
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WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?
KEEPING
FOCUS
Tactical Planning Worksheet 01

VALUES
PURPOSE
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
o How do we accomplish the objective?
Establish programme, project, operational goals
o What external and internal factors do we need to consider?
TASK 01
Completion date
Personnel needed
o Name
o Role
Resources needed
o How will it be obtained?
TASK 02
Completion date
Personnel needed
o Name
o Role
Resources needed
TASK 03
Completion date
Personnel needed
o Name
o Role
Resources needed
TASK 04
Completion date
Personnel needed
o Name
o Role
Resources needed
Evaluation
Date
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Tactical Planning Worksheet 02

NAME
PLANNING DATE
Task to be accomplished
GOAL:
Person responsible
Additional
manpower needed
Non Finance
resources
needed
Finance
Resources needed
Do we have non finance resources to accomplish this Goal? YES ____ NO ____
Do we the money in our budget? YES ___ NO ___
Can we get the resources we need? YES ___ NO ___
Should we go ahead despite our present resources deficiency YES ___NO ___ WHY? ? ?
Completion
date
Periodic
evaluation date
EVALUATION
Did we accomplish our

goal? WHY?
Do we need to make some
changes? WHY?
Should we continue with
this Tactical Plan? WHY? ?
?
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ACTION PLAN WORKSHEET
What are our values?

What is our purpose?
What are our objectives?
What are our goals?
What necessary activities should we do?
o What result do we expect?
Why is this activity necessary?
o What will happen if we do not carry out this activity?
When MUST we complete this activity?
Where will this activity take place?
Who will do this activity?
o What qualification/skills/abilities are needed for the person/people who will do this activity?
How will this activity be done?
How much time will this activity take?
How much will this activity cost?
How much resources do we need for this activity? Do we have them? If not, can we obtain them? If yes, How? If no, Why?
Do we need to modify our activity to meet our resources? If yes How? If no, Why?
What barriers and obstacles do we anticipate for this activity?
What other options do we have for this activity?
What important information do we have concerning this activity?
o What important information about this activity do we need to obtain?
Who will be responsible for the various task? WHY?
o Do the skills, knowledge, and abilities of the person/people responsible match their assigned task?
o Do we need to make any change? WHY?
Who will check on our progress and success?
o When?
How can we know if we have achieved our Goal?
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OPERATION EVALUATION WORKSHEET

CURRENT FACTS
REASONS
POSSIBLE
ALTERNATIVES
What could be done
differently?
PROPOSED
ADJUSTMENT
What should be done?
WHAT?
What is being done now?
Why is it done?
HOW?
How is it being done?
Why is it done that

way?
How could it be done

differently?
How should it be
done?
WHEN?
When is it being done?
Why is it being done

at that time?
When could it be done

differently?
When should it be
done?
WHERE?
Where is it being done?

in that place?
Where could it be done

differently?
Where should it be
done?
WHO?
Who is doing it now?

by that person?
Who else could it?
Who should do it?
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3.
The Ministry Planning Process
MINISTRY SET-UP PLANNING PROCESS
Luke 14: 25 35
Planning does not start at PLANNING the details of what should be done. The process
begins with:
1) A purpose that glorifies God

a) PURPOSE The purpose of a ministry answers the
question WHY ARE WE HERE? Why do we exist?
The purpose of the ministry must be a direct extension
of the intent of the King and The Kingdom. It is also an extension of the purpose of
the church. Purpose is the REASON that is built upon the VISION of a Leader and
caught on by the people [trans-vision].
b) If the purpose of the ministry or local church, is not aligned with Gods Intent as
stated in Ephesians 3:10 then it needs to be discontinued or else re-aligned.
The goal of a leader should not be building large ministries to reach large number of un-churched
people, BUT to build Discipling ministries that develop mature followers of Christ who in turn
will reach large number of un-churched people.
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Ephesians 3:10 His intent was that, now, through the church the manifold wisdom of God
should made known to rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms according to his eternal
purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2) Mountain Moving Faith

...verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this
mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible
unto you.Matt 17:20 (ASV)
All Ministries of Christs church are to be Faith Driven. Why is a Mountain Moving
Faith necessary in church & ministry planning? Because when God calls people for
Kingdom Purpose, His calling and the assignments
He assigns to an individual is always greater than the
individuals abilities and resources. It is necessary
When God calls people for
therefore to believe that God will provide. Kingdom
Kingdom Purpose, His calling
Planning here on earth must be aligned with The
and the assignments He assigned
Kingdoms Blueprint at the Kingdoms Royal Office.
to an individual is always greater
Kingdom Projects are resourced by The Kingdom
than the individuals abilities and
resources.
Treasury through the Kingdom Citizens. The base of
Kingdom Economy is Faith. KingdomEconomy is
manifested in Earthly Economy as you exercise your
Faith. The allocations of Kingdom Provisions, and all necessary resources always
have Kingdom discount. Thats why we have financial gifts from unknown people,
donors, assistance from people, easy and unbelievable access through difficult
government processes, etc. So, in developing strategic plans for ministry, leaders
must have clear answers to the following questions:
(1) Will we commit ourselves to this ministry IN FAITH?
(2) In what ways are we going to show our faith?
(3) Is it possible?
(4) Is it GODS WILL?
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(5) To what degree will we risk failure to bring Glory to God?
3) A Godly Vision
VISION is a clear picture of what the leader sees himself and his group DOING and
BECOMING. It is a mental image of a possible and desirable future state of your
ministry. This vision is a kind of Vision that causes a
physically blinded person to see clearly than a sighted
person. This kind of vision makes you see further than
A God-Given vision holds us
the eyes can see. This kind of vision makes you see into
accountable to take the right risk.
tomorrow. This kind of vision makes a person see what
God sees. This kind of vision answers the question,
WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE? A God-Given vision holds us
accountable to take the right risk. The vision is to be received and firmly believed
that it is from God.
a) Analyse your Ministrys Vision

(1) Does your ministry have a clear vision?
(2) Is the Vision on Paper / in writing?
(3) What is the Vision?
(4) Is your Vision Biblically Based? (Matt 28:19 20)
(5) Is it an extension of the Vision of the Church / your local church?
(6) Is your ministry working along that vision now?
b) How does a VISION come?
(1) The Vision always comes to one person. Therefore, the individual with
Apostolic Office; i.e. Pastor/ Missionary / para-church Ministry Leader, needs
to take time out to listen to God. This is an important part of his work which
God called him to. God therefore is the Chief Leader and He has the main
vision and purpose; and he desires to transfer this vision to the one who leads
his local church;
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(2) A Pastor or Leader is to spend quantity of quality time in prayer;
(Consecration of Life); a consecrated life is drawn to and receptive to Gods

plan. A consecrated life is able to receive Gods plan in visions.Ministry
Leaders & Elders are to spend quantity of quality time in prayer and praying
for the pastor during this time. The Pastor is to ask God to give ideas as to
what he wants for the ministry / church to accomplish; (What is Gods intent in his
role and his local church? Eph 3:10).
(3) Pray for a vision / an element of a vision you and your ministry team / church
could whole-heartedly pursue;Be careful; every thought may not be from God
(some may be yours);
(4) As you pray, be ready to record what comes to mind and write down every
thought concerning what you are praying about;

(5) Review your thoughts periodically;
(6) Ask your close mature friends for their thoughts;
(7) Ask God to burden you with the ones worth pursuing; to burn deep
within
you to almost cause you to hear God speak audibly; This is the VISION;
(8) Share your Vision with the Elders and Leaders because they have also been
praying for you. When they agree, it is your green light to move ahead.
(9) Develop the vision with the Elders and Leaders or Ministry Team;
(10)
Finally WRITE THE VISION & START PLANNING.
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Group Discussion
Does your ministry or church have a clear definite Vision?
If YES, Do you know & can you write down the Vision? [Write the vision down & explain it]
If NO, Why not?
4) Setting Values in Order of Priority

Values are qualities or interests that define, or, are highly needed to
define how a person or an institution conducts his or its affairs. What
you value will manifest itself in how you act in any pressured situation;
because in normal circumstances people have the propensity to coverup their reality. When we become Christians we bring with us some
values from our secular life. These values must be reviewed in light of
the values of Christ. In church and ministry planning, my values must not be
influenced by secular beliefs. They must be influenced by the life and values of
Christ. Although in reaching out to
communities it is important to consider the
Values are qualities or
values of those we are trying to reach for the
interests that define, or, are
Kingdom. So in planning, we need to ask what
highly needed to define how a
beliefs, activities, customs is most important
person or an institution conducts
to your church or ministry and if stopped
his or its affairs.
would make your ministry not worth
continuing. These values can be written down
and be taught or reminded to members.
a) How to determine values

(1) Ask leaders to brain-storm in groups and list down 05 core values that defines
your ministry or church;
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(2) After having all the inputs, ask yourselves as leaders as to which of these sets
of values are most important to your ministry or church;

(3) You can break-down all inputs into
(a) Who we are values;
(b) What we do values;
(c) How we do ministry values;
(4) The WHO WE ARE are most important;
(5) The WHO WE ARE must determine the WHAT WE DO VALUES;
(6) All Leadership decision should align with the stated
values;
A well defined
mission helps you to
(7) Values aid leaders in making decisions;
channel your energy

to the important and
not on the urgent.
5) A Clear Mission for the ministry
Having a well-defined Mission makes you focus. A welldefined mission helps you to channel your energy to the
important and not on the urgent. A well-defined mission helps in the correct
channelling of Kingdom resources and guard against abuse. Mission answers the key
question, HOW WILL WE ACHIEVE OUR VISION? Achieving the vision requires
you to break down the vision into distinct task that needs to be completed. That is
why it is important to get the vision from God in the first place because if God is not
in it, we will toil hard without any real kingdom benefit; we will continue to struggle
for it.
a) How to define a Mission Statement
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(1) You cannot have a Mission unless you first have a Vision outlined in a Vision
Statement;
(2) Once you have your Vision Statement, then you can break down the Vision in
the Vision Statement into more manageable parts.

(3) First, identify and define all the statements that will describe how you are
going to achieve the big picture;

(4) Summarize all these statement into 3 5 that effectively define how you are
going to achieve your Vision;

(5) Put these statements together again and you have a Mission Statement.
b) The importance of making mature and equipped followers in the church

(1) Define what a DISCIPLE is; A Student of Christ who is being progressively
transformed for progressive transformation channelling Kingdom Influence for the

transformation of his community and beyond.
(2) Define what Mature & Equipped Follower is;
(3) Designing culturally relevant approaches [the culture of the day];
(4) Consider stages of leadership development approach
(a) Directing
(b) Coaching / Mentoring
(c) Supporting
(d) Delegating
(5) Consider forming Ministry Teams instead of committees;
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(6) Encouraging Cell Groups to scatter the church;

(7) Learn from the strength & weaknesses in following churches, ministries,
programme, of other culture.

c) Group Exercise
(1) Do your ministry / church have a mission statement? If no, what are some of
the problems you are facing as a result? If YES what is your Mission
Statement?
6) Having a Job Description that is in line with Scripture

A Job Description is a written outline of what the ministry expects from a person in
his particular function, role & responsibility. The Job Description answers the
question WHO DOES WHAT? A Good Job Description will help a person achieve
his objective in the ministrys overall purpose. The purpose of the Job Description is
to qualify a person for a specific role, and to guide him/her into fulfilling the
objectives of that position. Pastors and Ministry Leaders must understand these five
concepts when preparing a Job Description for
any position in his ministry.
A Good Job Description
(1) Authority who the leader is / chain of
will help a person achieve his
command;
objective in the ministrys overall
(2) Responsibility What his work is;
purpose.
(3) Delegation Is he free to delegate task?
(4) Accountability who reports to whom?
(5) Organizational Chart How do we work?
b) A good Job description should include the following;

(1) Position / Title
(2) Effective of the position;
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(3) Name of the Team Member;

(4) Purpose and Primary Objective of the Ministry;
(5) Organizational Chart;
(6) Primary Objective of the Position;
(7) Line of Responsibility;
(8) Details of Responsibility;
(9) Limitation of Authority;
Review date of JD [every 6 months if possible]
(10)
(a) Who is in charge?
1 Timothy 3: 1 7
(ii) Titus 1: 5 9
(iii)
1 Timothy 3: 8 13
(i)
c) The Five Offices of the Church

The Holy Spirit has determined that there be five offices in the church to
advance, govern, and care for the church preparing her for The Universal
Gathering. They are the Office of Apostles, Office of Prophets, Office of
Evangelists, Office of Pastors, and the Office of
Teachers. Some have advocated the cessation of
the Offices of Apostles and Prophets; but I take
exception to that because these offices are given
by the Holy Spirit and as long as the Holy Spirit is
here, all these will be here for he always come in
His fullnessno less The church is comfortable
with the offices of Evangelists, Pastors, and
Teachers, but not so with the Offices of Prophets and Apostles. WHY? I
believe that the church must go back into recognizing these five offices
because their recognition and operation will exhilarate the expansion of the
Kingdom in our individual localities. Apart from these, it is good for a local
church to include other roles that express Biblical leadership position, namely
the Elders & Deacons.
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d) Key Roles
Leadership in the local church is divided into two categories; they are the Elders
(who are devoted to praying and to serving in ways that are related to the word - Acts 6:4
GW); and the Deacons, who are put in-charge of the social side of leadership in
the church (Acts 6:1-3). However, the Deacons are responsible to the Elders in the
local church structure.
(1) Key Roles of the Elders
FEEDING THE FLOCK; The feeding of the flock is of paramount

importance to the responsibility of the Elders in relation to the expansion
of the church local and universal, and the preparation of citizens to the
Kingdom of the Lord Jesus. The 1st church elders words to the congregation
at Jerusalem must also be noted here; 4 However, we will devote ourselves to
praying and to serving in ways that are related to the word Acts 6:4 (GW). This was
also a declaration and affirmation to their responsibilities as Elders
(Leaders); i.e. praying and serving in ways that are related to the Word.
1 Peter 5:1-4 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of
the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of
God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof,not by constraint, but willingly; not for
filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples
to the flock.4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that
fadeth not away.
(2) Key roles of the Deacons
MANAGING EARTHLY PROBLEMS WITH KINGDOM APPROACH

The Bible termed this responsibility as serving the table. But the position
of the Deacons is a significant one in the church in that it liberates the
elders to carry out those responsibilities which only the elders should do.It
is interesting to note that the first cadre of Deacons were chosen by the
people under the direction of the Elders. The selection was also under
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specific instruction relating to their spiritual maturity and character. Their

responsibility was to carry-out the distribution of food to those in need in
the church. The 21st century development of the church is so great that the
roles of the deacons has expanded its definition and scope to include all
church related managerial responsibilities and all managerial work that
link the church to secular authorities. If I am to explain this in terms of the
1st century church language, I would say that the deacons responsibilities were to
serve the physical table first and the spiritual table second; this was and is in contrast
with the Elders who were and are to serve the spiritual table first and the physical table
second.
(Acts 6: 1 6) - 2 The twelve apostles called all the disciples together and told them, It's not
right for us to give up God's word in order to distribute food. 3 So, brothers and sisters, choose
seven men whom the people know are spiritually wise. We will put them in charge of this
problem.4 However, we will devote ourselves to praying and to serving in ways that are related to
the word. Acts 6:2-4 (GW).
(a) With these leadership categories come the ministerial gifts which are
available to all leaders in the local church. As mentioned, they are the
Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, Evangelists, and Teachers. They are all
important and none is more important than the other but they have
different roles, yet all for Kingdom expansion. These ministerial gifts are
the ones that make up the divinely ordained offices of the local church and
their presence and utilization enables the church or a local church to move
forward in a structured and strategic manner in a developing and value
evolving world.
(3) Key Roles of Apostles
[LEADING THE CHURCH WITH VISION OF THE KINGDOM] An

Apostle leads the church, sets the Vision and delivers the mandate to the
local church. His other roles include spending time with God to discern His
leading for the church asking for Kingdom Vision and Kingdom Purpose;
Setting Goals for the whole church;Sharing Vision & Goals with the
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Elders;Setting the Mandate for the local church in relation to the expansion
of the Kingdom of God on earth through New local churches planted in
regions or shores foreign to the Gospel, amongst unreached people groups,
and beyond the boarders of our existing churches. When a local church is
not involved in local mission, local cross cultural mission, and Global
mission, than those who have the gifts of apostle are to be nurtured, prayed
for, and even taken to task on the issue.
(4) Key Role of Prophets
[SPEAKING PROPHETIC WORDS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE

KINGDOM] A Prophet is the mouth piece of God in the church and
speaks prophetic words to the church, all with Gods purpose of advancing
the Kingdom; and the expansion and sanctification of the church of
Christ.The Prophet analyses and seeks to understand the past, he follows
the present very closely, and he projects and prays for the future. The
Prophet is an analyst ordained by God to examineand evaluate the church,
her stand, her consistency in carrying out her role, her relationship with the
secular world, her conformation to the advancing development, and to offer
words of wisdom, words from the Lord in accordance to his written word,
words of encouragement, of correction, guidance, and what to do at such
times and in the face of extreme persecution. He shares his finding with the
Lord and receives words from the Lord in return, he share what he sees and
hears from the Lord to people especially leaders, of the church, and
individuals on a one-to-one or on a corporate basis. When there is no word
from the Lord is a local church, at congregational meeting, at other times of
meeting whether be it leadership or ministry meeting, to show the local
church her past, present, and future; when there is not word of
encouragement, correction, exposure of hidden agendas and sin within the
church, than those who have the gifts of Prophets must be prayed for,
enthused, nurtured, guided, trained, encouraged, and even taken to task on
the issue.
(5) Key role of the Pastor
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[PREPARING PEOPLE FOR KINGDOM SERVICE] A Pastor cares and

nurture the local church as a shepherd would his flock. (Ephesians 4: 11
12) He also gave apostles, prophets, missionaries, as well as pastors and teachers as gifts
{to his church}. 12 Their purpose is to prepare God's people, to serve, and to build up the
body of Christ. Eph 4:11-12 (GW). His other roles include seeing that each
church member is equipped to help in accomplishing these goals. They are
to carry out the Pastoral Responsibilities such as Shepherding the Ministry
Leaders;Shepherding the Elders;Shepherding personal friends in
crisis;Shepherding every person in need that makes their needs known
when no one else is ready to ministry to them.How do you shepherd a
church member? This of course is done through visitations; personally and
individually discuss their life, family, work, study, progress, struggles, with
the help of the Pastors spouse, etc; making a personal analysis of their state
of life; feedingthem with small bowls of nutritious spiritual meals to
nourishtheir mal-nutritious bodies, and satisfy their hunger; dont over
feedthem; and with spoons of humour. Breath with them through prayer;
and keep them warm through simple fellowship (take turn to invite them
individually/couple or groups to dine with your family or with you and
share your life through mentoring). The fellowship must not be religious
but formal with a homely atmosphere that will open up important but less
stressful discussion. When a local church is spiritually deprived of healthy
spiritual diets, spiritually mal-nourished, lack the warm of fellowship, the
power of service, the breath of all kinds of prayer, and is becoming weak to
face the secular world, than those who have the gift of pastoring must be
prayed for, enthused, nurtured, guided, trained, encouraged, and even taken
to task on the issue.
(6) Key Role of an Evangelist
[ADVOCATING THE KINGDOM] An Evangelist tells people about the

Kingdom; and the Good News that they can be citizen of this Kingdom
through believing that The Lord Jesus has done all that a person needs to
do to enter this Eternal Kingdom. The evangelist goes into regions
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unevangelised, into places infested with unevangelised people, into prisons,

market places, schools, and everywhere there is an opportunity to share the
gospel with those who are not saved whether on a one-to-one basis or on an
open air or crusade mode. The evangelist is not be and cannot be contained
in a place where there are all Christians around for to do so is to take the
enthusiasm and energy out of him. His satisfaction is out there where the
fight is and where souls are won for Jesus. When there is a lack of
evangelism in a local church, when no new soul is won, when there is no
commotion in the market place because of the Gospel, when the church is
only involve in all other programme except the sharing of the gospel on a
one-to-one or crusade mode, than those who have the gift of an evangelist
are to prayed for, nurtured, enthused, trained, and even taken to task on the
issue.
(7) Key Role for Teachers
(a) [TEACHING KINGDOM CITIZENS ABOUT THE WAY OF THE
KINGDOM] A Teacher teaches church members about the Truth, values,

and principles of life in the church and in the Kingdom. He also equips the
members and all who sit under his ministry for the work of kingdom
Expansion.
These key roles are to be the basis for their ministry / service.
(8) To be effective even in Failure
(i) Leader must assume responsibility for failure;
(ii) Leader must continue to major on their primary responsibilities;
(iii)
Leader must be willing to share responsibility with the Laity.
(9) The Lay Person

(a) A Lay Person is any member of the church whose ministry gift has been
used in the church, recognized by the Leadership, prayed for through the
laying of hands, and officially allowed further church ministry in the area
where his gifts are; without any formal Bible College training BUT with
some in-house training.
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(b) He is one who has Discovered and developing his spiritual gifts;
(c) One who viewshimself as a Primary Minister of the local church;
(d) One who spends time in order to be equipped adequately and to use his
spiritual gifts for the development of the Body of Christ;

(e) One who commits the time necessary to use his gifts in a ministry of his
local church.
Watch out for the following
(a) Each Office Bearer in the Church is to allow each other and his Team (if he
has a team) to DO THEIR WORK; dont cheap into what youre not called
or qualified to do;
(b) Dont carry loads that youre not supposed to carry;
(c) Dont off-load any load you should be carrying.
(d) Make time to minister to friends and members in need;
(e) Follow God-ordained leadership with an attitude of trust; yet be able to
strongly express their opinions about the direction of the churchs ministry.
(10)
b) Group Exercise
(2) How has the church suffered because leaders do not have a clear guideline of
what they should be doing?
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7) STRATEGICALLY DESIGNED INFRASTRUCTURE

It is very helpful to have a strategically designed system of communicating the
Gospel. This will answer the question, How will we structure our church to
accomplish our mission? What a local church does in terms of spiritual and material
investment must strategically contribute to the fulfilment of Gods purpose for
Kingdom Expansion.
What a local church does in
a) Factor influencing Ministry Success

(2) Leader exhibiting Strong Leadership
Qualities;
(3) Strong Financial Resources Base;
(4) Primary Ministry Focus;
b) Other questions to answer in examiningexisting
structure & proposed change
terms of spiritual and material

investment must strategically
contribute to the fulfilment of
Gods purpose for Kingdom
Expansion.
(2) Time for Sunday morning worship?

(3) Who is our target / target group /?
(4) When do we target our target group?
(5) Centralized or Decentralized ministries?
(6) Will we have Mid-week worship, fellowship, and prayer time, or are we going
to concentrate on decentralized groups?

(7) What kind of decentralized groups are we going to design?
(a) Evangelism & Mission
(b) Discipleship
(c) Care and share
(d) Bible Study
(8) When will leadership team and ministries leaders meet for training and
equipping?
(a) Are we going to support adult education?
(b) What structure will we use to support adult education?
(c) When will it meet?
(9) How many services are we going to have on Sunday?
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(a) If there is an evening service will it be a repetition of the morning service;

(b) If not, what will be the evening service for?
(c) Will Sunday afternoon & evening be a time for members to enjoy their rest?
When will youth and children meet and what will be the function?
(i) How are we going to structure the Children
& Youth Ministry?
What worked for
(11) Your infrastructure will be determined by how you
yesterdays generation
answer these questions.
(10)
may not work for todays

generation; thats why
8) CULTURALLY RELEVANT STRATEGY
current research data is
always necessary.
This refers to the Strategy that is relevant to the
CURRENT culture. This will answer the question,
HOW WILL WE ACCOMPLISH OUR VISION? What
worked for yesterdays generation may not work for todays generation; thats why
current research data is always necessary.
a) The Evolution of Culture

(2) Todays culture is best described as a secular culture;
(3) Todays culture is going at double time pace;
(4) Todays culture is moving away from its traditional orientation e.g. [family];
(5) Todays culture is a mixture of many cultures;
(6) Todays culture evolved from a sub-culture;
(7) The methods of yesterdays might not be relevant to todays culture;
b) Understanding your community and culture
(2) Take time to learn about your community;
(a) What is their past & current faith background? Which way is it shifting?
(b) What questions or issues do they deal with as it relates to their faith in the
Lord Jesus?
(c) What are the needs of the people in the community that your serve?
(i) Spiritual Needs [the need for God]
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(ii) Emotional Needs [Are there a lot of workaholic people, ambitious people, and
reserved people?]
(iii)
Social Needs [community relationships]
(iv)Physical needs [necessities of life in a developing world]
1. The need for good water source;
2. The need for good sanitation system;
3. The need for food;
4. The need for fuel & power;
5. The need for shelter and clothing;
6. The need for good education;
7. The need for efficient heath service;
8. The need for income source and production;
9. The need for efficient transportation.
(d) Are the churches in your area targeting the same target group you are
targeting?
(i) What style of worship do they offer?
(ii) What type of outreach ministry do they have?
(iii)
What type of needs are they meeting? [As vehicle for the Gospel?]
(e) Learn about your own congregation;
(i) Have a demographic profile of your congregation
(ii) Learn everything you can about them and their lifestyle;
(3) Gather all these information, analyse, for consideration in community
evangelism work;
(4) Community Contact and Personal evangelism can offer you insights into what
seems to be on the mind of the people in your community;
(5) Make community research like this on a continuing basis;
c) Questions to consider when looking for culturally relevant strategy
(2) How do we reach the un-churched and help the hurting?
(3) The un-churched background
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(a) Educational
(b) Social
(c) Family
(d) Financial
(e) Emotional
(4) The un-churched Worldview
(a) Cultural background
(b) Spiritual background
(5) Would it be wise to meet their physical needs first?
If the plan of
action does not fulfil
the objective or
purpose of the
ministry or church,
then the plan needs
to be discontinued or
else modified in such
a way to accomplish
[ref 8.2.c above]
our objectives and
(6) How do we assimilate new people into our family of
purpose.
believers?
(a) Fitting them into an existing church context
(b) Will they feel welcome?
(c) Are they comfortable with the language of service?
(d) Will be able to talk the lingo?
(e) Will they be able to contribute to common subjects of discussion?
(7) How do we teach our members Gods truth?
(8) How do we shepherd our members?
9) WELL-DEVELOPED GOALS AND PLANS

Having well-developed goals and plans will help your church / ministry answer the
question, HOW WILL WE KNOW WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING OUR VISION
AND MISSION? If the plan of action does not fulfil the objective or purpose of the
ministry or church, then the plan needs to be discontinued or else modified in such a
way to accomplish our objectives and purpose.
(2) Goals must be Specific;
(3) Goals must be Measurable;
(4) Goals must be Attainable;
(5) Goals must be Realistic;
(6) Goals must be Time Bound
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10) DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE MINISTRY PLAN

Follow the process above 1 9. You will also need to be
evaluating the two distinctively different sets of
functions within the church.
a) Functions that cause transformation in the lives of
people
(2) Evangelism;
(3) Discipleship & mentoring [one - on one if
possible];
(4) Teaching and preaching of the Word;
(5) Leadership development;
(6) Assimilation of new people;
(7) Caring for Gods people;
b) Functions that cause transformation in the community through the lives of church
members
(2) Understanding the needs of the community;
(3) Serving the community in its areas of need;
(4) Partnering with other churches and organizations in serving the communities;
(5) Church Planting.
c) Be reminded again Know your target
(2) The People population in an area they live in (geographically);
(3) The Kind of people in the area (Demographically);
(4) The Culture of the People (World Views, Values, interests, & Fears);
(5) The Spiritual Lives if the people in the area.
d) Plan your ministry according to your finding
Shower your planning with prayer allowing Gods will to prevail. Unless God be in
it, your ministry will not last. Watch out for Gods intervention & allow God to
intervene.
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11) EVALUATE CONSTANTLY

This constant evaluation will answer the question, ARE WE
RUNNING ACCORDING TO PLAN; ACCORDING TO THE
TIMELINE DESIGNATED FOR THIS TASK TO
ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL? or Are we on track for
fulfilling our God-given vision?
a) 03 key questions that need to be asked when developing a
measurement and reporting system:
(2) What will be measured; how is it going to be measured; at what frequency is it
going to be measured?
(3) Who is responsible for the measurement?
(4) How will the information be reported and to whom?
b) Praying for Change
(2) Leadership Team [Headed by an Apostle or Pastor] should be praying for
changes individually and as a group;
(3) There are 02 categories of evaluation in the church / ministry;
(a) Evaluation of High Visibility changes;
(i) New building & facility expansion;
(ii) New programme and projects;
(iii)
Change in organizational
structure;
Shower your planning with
(iv)Investment & Development;
prayer allowing Gods will to
(v) Launching new ministries;
prevail.
(vi)Numerical increase; etc.
(b) Evaluation of Low Visibility / Quiet
Changes
(i) Number of B/A, counselled, in personal evangelism;
(ii) No// of born again baptized, followed-up in personal discipleship, and
growing on the Lord;
(iii)
Changes in existing ministries;
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(iv)Changes that are less visible and does not attract attention.
c) Count the cost in any proposed change;

(2) Measure potential gain against potentials lost;
(3) Change always has a loss associated to it;
(4) When the gain outweighs the loss and majority will benefit from the change,
then a leader must initiate that change;
One of the important elementsof any ministry is people. Without people, there will
only be things. A ministry can only affect people when people are employed to
become agents of change to reach out to those in need. It is therefore essential to care
for those involved in your ministry.
d) MANAGING YOUR PEOPLE Howdo you manage your people?
(2) Knowing why people behave is the key to gaining their
commitment.
(3) Aim to understand their needs in order to motivate them
and meet their needs; that they will in turn meet the
demand of the organization.
(4) Develop their skills.
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e) Understanding Peoples behaviour

(1) Behaving Naturally
(a)
Reacting emotionally when information is received;
(b) Avoiding risk because of fear or insecurity;
(c) Fighting fiercely and defensively when under threat;
(d) Making snap judgment about people and events;
(e)
Spreading gossip through the organization;
(f) Competing for status and its symbols;
(g) Dwelling on past success;
(h) Feeling more comfortable in small groups;
(i) Always seeking hierarchical superiority.
(2) Behaving Appropriately
(a)
Establishing facts first using a realistic / practical (pragmatic) approach;
(b) Taking risk from a Christian leader perspective;
(c) Encouraging unity in diversity;
(d) Insisting on detail analysis before making judgment or decision;
(e)
Practicing totally open communication [transparent];
(f) Recognizing achievement;
(g) Learning from mistakes;
(h) Team-work in net-work;
f) Understanding their needs
(1) Your peoples higher needs cannot
be met unless you have dealt with their lower
needs (basic needs).
(2) Lower Level Needs
(a) Failure to meet the lower level needs will cause dissatisfaction.
(b)
Conditions
(e) Management
(c) Supervision
(f)
Communication
(d) Security
(g) Support or Salary
(3) Higher Level Needs
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(a) Public praise and private words will raise the pride of your people. A thank
you must be said wherever it is due.

(b) Job Interest
(c) Achievement
(d) Commitment
(e) Responsibility
(f) Identification
g) Learning the basics of developing peoples skills
(1) Be open to the different ways people communicate to understand their attitude.
(2) Learn to listen carefully
(3) Ask open questions that encourage total honesty;
(4) Give them time and space to express their true
feelings.
(5) Understand what is being said [correct interpretation]
-Continue to ask questions until you understand what
he/she is trying to say;
(6) Read the Body Language -These are unconscious body
movements that communicate thoughts and feelings.
h) Building up he confidence your peoples confidence
(1) Build the confidence of your people by giving recognition, high-level task, and
full information.
(2) Reducing Insecurity;
(3) Encourage Ability;
(4) Eliminate Fear;
(5) Enabling Participation
i) Clear Communication
(1) Improve your communication standard by being open, honest and accessible to
everybody.
(2) Encourage Meeting people face to face;
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(3) Cut down on bureaucracy [going strictly by the structure, manuals, system, reports,
unnecessary paperwork] only when needed. Avoid wasting time for a proposal to
be rubber stamp when the decision can be made in an informal meeting.
(4) One to one Meeting;
(5) Using available means of communication;
(6) Informal Chat;
(7) Team Meetings;
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4.
Evaluation
Performance Appraisal Dynamics
Evaluation is known in the Business World by the term
Performance Appraisal. Evaluation must not only
In the church the main aim of
happen in the secular world, it must also happen in
performance evaluation is to find
Christian ministry. It is a time to look back and review how
ways to Accelerate the Local
the ministry or church is doing in relation to meeting its
Work of Kingdom Domination in
goals and objectives. Performance evaluation helps a lot in
your Area of Operation.
decision making at all levels of church leadership. Further
decision can be made once current performances are
evaluated. Many local churches have been operating below par because Performance
Evaluation is not done in most of their ministries, and with all their workers. In the church
the main aim of performance evaluation is to find ways to Accelerate the Local Work of
Kingdom Domination in your Area of Operation. It must be done with a positive mental
attitude. Performance evaluation is done in 03 stages:
1
Preparation;
2
Execution
3
Follow up
The Human Touch is a very important factor in increasing the quality of performance for
your workers.
1) The Purpose of Evaluation

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a) Examining Progress
(1) Shows both the church and the leaders how much progress they are making
toward meeting an established goal;
(2) It also gives you as a Pastor or Ministry Leader an opportunity to reinforce the
expectations you have for your team;
(3) It will show if the team or a team member is having problems;
(4) It is a time for the ministry team members to ask you questions and also tell you
of their thoughts and what they have achieved;
(5) It is also a time to discuss plans to stay on course;
(6) It is a time to review budget and deadlines.
(7) Questions to Ask;
(a) Are your ministry team members working toward specific goals? [What is your
goal for this month, year?]
(b) Is their performance or growth meeting your expectations?
(c) If not are they aware of it?
(d) Are their projects on time and within budget? (If working on a project)
b) Improving your Teams Performance
(1) Work together with your ministry team;
(a) Your team and you are a unit;
(b) Do not leave your team to work alone unless it has a purpose;
(c) Leadership is what your team admires about you.
(d) Take time to discuss ministry issues with them.
(2) Assume the role of a coach or mentor;
(a) Mentoring -Mentoring is the establishment of a relationship by which a SPIRITUALLY
MATURED and influential leader transfers other things that are needed for the
development and empowerment of a less experience person. Mentoring is guiding people on a
personal level to understand and employ skills of corporate level and become better than me.
(b) Coaching -Coaching is when a matured, skilled, and experience Christian releases his
time to improve his peoples performance, and enhance the efficiency of the ministry.
Coaching is investing in people in the short term to reap the benefit in the long term.
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Coaching is assisting people to improve their performance by exploiting and enhancing their
unused potentials to produce exponential returns.
(c) Your ministry team members need to meet their goals; your responsibility as
coach is to provide the help necessary to their performance;
(d) As Coach:
(i) Identify problems that affect his performance;
1. Personal issues;
2. Family issues;
3. Financial issues;
4. Time management, discipline, & planning issues;
5. Peer pressure issue;
6. Temptation issue;
7. Skills issue; etc;
(ii) Generate positive solutions and map a plan to improve his/her
performance;
(iii)
Build on employees strength.
(3) Questions to Ask:
(a) Do your ministry team members have the resources they need?
(b) Do you help your ministry team members solve their own personal problems?
(c) Do your ministry team members generate a variety of solution to their
performance problems?
(d) Do you avoid taking your ministry team members work?
c) Identify Potentials and Problems
(1) Understand that each member of your team has potential;
(a) Every seed has the potential to grow a tree;
(b) Every tree has the potential to grow a forest;
(c) Every person has the potential to become agents of positive change;
(d) Every person has the potential to be productive;
(2) Help your ministry identify current or potential problems on their own;
(3) Fill in the Experience Gap for your ministry team members;
(4) Help him to make better decisions to improve performance;
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(5) Questions to Ask:

(a) Are you aware of the problems that your ministry team members have right
now?
(b) Are your ministry team members doing anything now that might result in
problems later?
(c) Do any of your ministry team members have an Experience Gap?
(d) Do you have (Do I have) an Experience Gap?
THE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT CYCLE &JOB DESCRIPTION
d) The Job Description

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(1) The Job description should be an accurate reflection of what is expected of your
team members;
(2) It needs constant updating depending on the ministry goals, mission, & vision;
(3) When the Job Description is clear, it makes goal setting easier with your
ministry team members;
(4) Goals are the basis of performance evaluation discussions;
(5) If there is no JD you will definitely need to develop one: HOW?
(a) Conduct meeting with several of your ministry team members doing the same
job;
(b) Ask them to list their duties;
(c) Organize the list into categories with related items;
(6) If a team member lacks any item listed in his JD, than thats where training
comes in;
(7) If the team members performance doesnt meet the standard; than EQUIPPING
is the problem; - it is therefore the Pastor & Pastoral Teams responsibility;
(8) Your Ministry Training, Equipping, & Mentoring must focus on teaching your
Team Members on how to carry out their ministry responsibilities as described
in their Job Descriptions so that they are able to partake effectively in Kingdom
Expansion and the fulfilment of The Great Commission.
2) Summary to Preparing and conducting an Evaluation Discussion

(1) The Pastor, Team Leader Team Members agreed on goals;
(2) Regular feed-back;
(3) Take note of any obstacles;
(4) Provide assistance to Team Members;
(5) Be a Role Model;
(6) Be flexible in changing goals if it is affecting the Team Members.
b) Conducting Evaluation
Case Study from the Bible
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(1) When your look at Matt 16: 13 20 we read these account where the Lord took
time to evaluate what His disciples have learnt:

When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, who do men say
that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and
others, Jeremiahs, or one of the prophets.15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And
Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.17 And Jesus answered
and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee,
but my Father which is in heaven.18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I
will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.19 And I will give unto thee the
keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
(2) This was a simple performance evaluation done by the Lord to see how his
disciples have learned along the way. You can analyse for yourself this text in
relation to the points stated here to see how the Lord Jesus moved from:
controlling the situation; to closing the discussion in a professional manner.
(3) Here is a simple outline of what you do in conducting a Performance Evaluation/
Appraisal:
(a) Control the situation; do not allow any interruption;
(b) State the purpose if the discussion; you may need to reiterated the purpose;
(i) Discuss progress toward goals;
1. Identify ways to improve performance;
2. Identify current or potential problems;
3. Improve communication;
(ii) Make the evaluation method known to your people;
1. Establish goals being met;
2. Your own performance;
3. Input from other;
4. Written report;
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5. Result;
(4) Ask for your peoples opinions in the way things are going and contributing to
the achievement of goals and objective; WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN,
HOW;
(5) Present your assessment to your people;
(a) The bad news corrective feedback;
(b) The good news positive feedback.
(6) Build on your peoples strength;
(a) Discuss accomplishments;
(b) Focus on performance and not the person;
(c) Focus on the attitude and not on the personality;
(7) Ask your team members reaction to your assessment;
(8) Set specific goals (SMART);
(a) Identify areas of ministerial opportunity;
(b) Identify training & development opportunity;
(9) Close the discussion in a professional manner;
(a) Summarize the discussion
(b) Sign the Evaluation form by your Team Member;
(c) Thank him / her;
(d) Explain what will happen next.
c) Group Exercise
(1) NB: - You can read this second text and see how the Apostles evaluate Pauls
Ministry in Acts 15:1-29 using the outline above.
3) Following up on Performance Evaluation

After conduction performance evaluation with your people, you will need to follow-up
on you findings to see on how things have improved. Here are a few tips on followingup on performance evaluation:
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(1) Frequent communication;

(2) Frequent feed-back
(a) Positive feed-back
(i) Improvement shown
(ii) Consistently meeting the standard
Exceeding the standard

(iv)Significant result
(b) Corrective feed-back
(3) Maintaining a written record of your follow-up;
(4) Conducting interim review; [before the actual / schedule time];
(5) Conducting interim performance evaluation;
(a) What results have been achieved so far?
(b) What results do we want?
(c) Rate your peoples performance on a scale 1 10
(d) How do you feel you are functioning and WHY?
(e) What are your long-term goals (3 5yrs)?
(f) What are your short-term goals (1 2yrs)?
(g) What do you like about your ministry?
(h) What dont you like in your ministry? Or church?
(i) Is there anything keeping you from creating better results
than what you have right now?
(j) What strength do you see in yourself?
(k) What areas do you need to improve on?
(l) Is there any comment you would like to make?
(m) Is there any question you would like to ask?
(n) End the interim evaluation
(i) Thank your team member for his time
(ii) Remind him / her that you care about his / her performance and his work;
(6) Evaluate your own performance as leader & co-worker
(iii)
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Performance evaluation or appraisal is done because

the leader believes that his/her people can do better
than what they are achieving now. The leader looks at
the past performance, the weaknesses, the strength,
and then discuss with his/her people the future
expected outcome if weaknesses are dealt with and
strength nurtured.
Performance evaluation or
appraisal is done because the
leader believes that his/her
people can do better than what
they are achieving now.
4) MEASURING SUCCESS
The success of any company is measured by the financial profit it makes. The success of
any local church is measured by the number of people born again, baptized, discipled,
trained, mentored, and involved in Ministries or sent out as Missionaries, completing
the cycle forLocal Church Growth (2 Tim 2:2) in relation to Matt 28:19-20.
The success of any Christian ministry is measured against the achievement of its
Vision, Values, Purpose, Mission, Objectives, Goals, in line with the Great Commission.
The success of Jesus Earthly Mission as a human being can be measured by the
completion of the work designated to Him by the Father for
Earths Kingdom Expansion, and is evaluated in the light of:The success of any ministry is
1)
What is His intent?
measured against the achievement
2)
What are His Values?
of its Vision, Values, Purpose,
3)
What was His Purpose?
Mission, Objectives, and Goals.
4)
What was His Mission?
5)
What were His Objectives?
He achieved all of them perfectly with excellence; and thats
why we are here today, and Christianity has survived the Test
of Time.
NOTE we are in this together. People will come and go. The Lord Jesus has already
laid the foundation for this work. We need to continue the building work now with
diligence. Those who come later will carry it on. Joshua has never been to the promise
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land, but through prayer and strategic planning, with the Lords guidance, and the
willingness to take that first step & yes By Faith, he conquered the land. We can still
do a lot effectively even without years of experience although it will benefit us; but
what we need, first & foremost is The LORD. Remember this acronym:
(1) We need to LISTEN to His teachings;
(2) We need to OBEY His commands;
(3) We need to RELY on His provisions;
(4) We need His DIRECTION in every area of our life in order to affect our circle of
influence with lasting and eternal effects.
Conclusion
At the conclusion of this study I am hoping that we have shared enough to you to be able to
lift you to another level; and be confident in your God given leadership abilities and gifts. We
have shared four major topics about leadership in this study, and it is our desire to see more
people moving forward in the leadership of Gods Holy Spirit to lead their local churches into
the future. I would like end with the words of Paul to Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:2 And the things
that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to
teach others also.
Serving you in Christ

Acts Fiji
Equipping you today to influence others tomorrow
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DEVELOPING THE CHURCH FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION.......................... 6

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VISIONARY PLANNING .......................................................................................................................................................... 36

MINISTRY SET-UP PLANNING PROCESS ..................................................................48

A PURPOSE THAT GLORIFIES GOD ............................................................................................................................... 48

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PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL DYNAMICS ..................................................................73

THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATION .................................................................................................................................. 73

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Basics of Church Development &

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2) The church visible

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3) The church invisible

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The Church [both local and

universal] has one purpose only

4) What is the Church?

5) What is the purpose of the Church?

Adapted from Theophilos 3 / Eatons Bible Dictionary

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so that through the church the manifold[l] wisdom of

The role of the church is to

6) What is the role of the Church?

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7) What makes a local church grow?

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a) An atmosphere of Worship, Praise, Prayer, and Fellowship

But where there is the

Joy of the Lord, Power of the

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Our reliance on God shows

c) Biblical Theology, Teaching, Studying, and

d) A total reliance on the Power, Protection, and Provisions of the Lord

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We dont just build because

15 Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a

are doing it; we build or upgrade

There are two important points in this heading;

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f) Using and Developing the Spiritual Gifts of her members

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Realistically, our economy is a money-based economy. Money controls the

i) Having an effective ministry plan

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8) Biblical Model of Leadership in the Church

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9) Community Development & Transformation

The term Development in the Church describe

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Community Service Approach involving qualitative as well as quantitative

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development no matter how good it sounds or look, or the church will be

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should be an important question in planning that it needs be visualized first

10) Planning in General